Barid mac Imair

Barid mac Imair (844-881) was King of Dublin from 873 to 881, succeeding Ivar the Boneless and preceding Sichfrith mac Imair.

Biography
Barid mac Imair was the son of Ivar the Boneless, and he became Jarl of Lochlann under his father. In 872, he raided Moylurg and the islands of Lough Ree, and he fostered one of Aed Findliath's sons. In 873, he led a fleet to plunder Ciarraige Luachra as a show of strength, and he became King of Dublin after his father's death that same year. In 877, his uncle Halfdan Whiteshirt attempted to take Dublin for himself, but he was killed at the Battle of Strangford Lough; Barid himself became a maimed cripple due to wounds sustained in battle. In 881, he raided Duleek, and he was killed and burned in Dublin, with Christians believing that Saint Cianan had miraculously killed the pagan Barid.